Why Should Close Contacts of 2019-nCov be Isolated for 14 Days?

Under the outbreak of COVID-19, if there is a close contact situation, close contacts need to be isolated for 14 days. During the live broadcast of “Famous doctors are around you” at Tencent Medpedia, Liu Youning, professor of the Chinese PLA General Hospital, pointed out that the COVID-19 had incubation period, and the incubation period ranged from 4 days to 2 weeks. Therefore, at present, the longest incubation period in the history of close contact observed by medical workers is set as the observation period. If the observed object does not show any abnormality after the longest incubation period, usually they are confirmed to be safe.

Last Updated On 2021-09-16